On July 24, U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence Stengel, a Bush Jr. appointee, struck down the Pennsylvania system for checking petition validity for minor parties. Constitution Party of Pennsylvania v Cortes, e.d., 12-cv-2726.Source: August 2015 Ballot Access News Print Edition...
WASHINGTON — Donna Mae Litowitz, a Miami Beach retiree, likes Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont so much that three months ago she sent his presidential campaign $10,000.Source: Bernie Sanders’s Success in Attracting Small Donors Tests Importance of ‘Super PACs’...
Biden’s inner circle is working to overcome the vice president’s lackluster track record of fundraising. As Joe Biden continues to weigh a third presidential bid, a cadre of close advisers is trying to lay the groundwork to overcome his biggest potential weakness: fundraising.Source: Joe Biden 2016 : Big donors being courted by advisers...
ASSOCIATED PRESS A recent ruling out of New Hampshire has election-law experts wondering out loud whether the ballot selfie is the next great threat to American democracy. The ruling, by U.S.Source: Experts Can't Agree On Whether Voting-Booth Selfies Will Destroy Democracy...
Donald Trump and Chuck Laudner in Iowa. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; Photos: Charlie Riedel/AP, Charles Ommanney/The Washington Post via Getty Images) DUBUQUE, Iowa — The call came with no warning last December, and, at first, Chuck Laudner thought it was a joke.Source: Trump’s Iowa field general is on a ‘crazy ride.’ But he knows how to win....
When billionaire developer Donald Trump entered the presidential race two months ago, he drew a sharp line between other candidates — needy candidates, always trading favors for money — and himself. But politics has a hardy euphemism that comes into play here: the word evolve.Source: Donald Trump's Evolution On Campaign Fundraising...
Lobbyists get a lot of bad press for pushing the causes of corporations and other special interests on Capitol Hill, trying to game the political process behind closed doors. But could it be the real problem is that they actually don’t push those interests enough?Source: Would more lobbying improve America?...
On the surface this is an interesting if not strange decision. As the Associated Press reported, it is a move to diminish the role of the state in the Republican presidential nomination process. Perhaps, but FHQ is not of the opinion that that tells the full story here.Source: Colorado Republicans Opt to Forgo Presidential Preference Vote at 2016 Caucuses...
A Democratic legal watchdog group has filed a new Federal Election Commission complaint against 11 GOP presidential candidates, the Republican National Committee and several groups in the Koch political network, saying their participation in a data-sharing arrangement violates coordination rules.Source: Democratic group accuses GOP candidates of illegally coordinating with Koch political network...
Campaigns and super PACs supporting four Republican governors running for president raised at least $2.Source: “State Contractors Aid Governors’ Campaigns”...
